Today is the day for home teams in the IPL tournament. First, it was Chennai Super Kings winning at Chepauk. Now, Delhi Capitals have registered a thumping victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets! This is the first time since 2021 that DC have posted a win against RCB at Kotla ground. Despite the heroics of Mahipal Lomor and Virat Kohli, DC batters dazzled with aplomb! Phil Salt’s splendid 87 off 45 blitz made it a comfortable chase for the home team. The 70-run rapid fire score was the best that DC has seen during the powerplay in the history of the Indian Premier League. With this win, DC’s winning streak continues. So far, they have won 4 of 5 matches. This late turnaround lifts them from the bottom of the IPL table and keeps them alive in the playoff race.
Indian Premier League, 2023
Delhi Capitals
187/3 (16.4)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
181/4 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 50 )
Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets
Here are key moments of DC vs RCB match
From the bottom of the IPL table, DC have shown absolute class as they defeated visitors RCB by 7 wickets. This is the first time since 2021 that DC have beaten RCB at Kotla.
Phil Salt's 87 off 45 balls powered DC's super show today. But Karn Sharma ended his innings with clever bowling. But this won't stop DC's victory march!
Last over by Harshal Patel yielded 24 runs!
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Harshal Patel gets much-needed wicket of Mitch Marsh. Can Rilee Rossouw provide that key support to Salt?
The current run rate is well above 10 thanks to the brilliant powerplay by DC batters. While the asking rate is 8 at the moment.
Good piece of bowling by Hazelwood forced a mis-timed shot by David Warner ended the first wicket partnership between him and Salt. Mitch Marsh has come to bat now. For record, this was the highest score for DC during the powerplay.
Skipper David Warner and Phill Salt began the chase for Dc and it seems like they have fixed the batting issue. RCB bowlers look clueless as home team smashes half century in no time. Brilliant start for DC tonight!
Royal Challengers Bangalore have set a target of 182 for Delhi Capitals. Challenging total still .
RCB need to put a super batting show in death overs if they want 200 runs on the scoreboard. Rawat and Lomror can still make it happen, can they?
Ishant bowled the 17th over and managed to give away 12 runs .
Current Score: 151/3
King Kohli has departed! RCB skipper scored 55 runs and was dismissed shortly after scoring his 6th 50 of this IPL season!
Current Score: 137/3
Virat Kohli completes his half-century in 42 balls. This is his 6th 50 in this IPL season!
Current Score: 129/2
The 14th over was bowled by Kuldeep during which Lomror smashed the boundary with a four and a six! Kohli is nearing his half-century. He has managed to score 46 runs in 37 balls and Lomror is at 20 runs off 11 balls.
Current Score: 114/2
Shortly after Maxwell took PLessis' place on the field, he too was shown the way to pavillion. Maxwell departed at 0 runs and now Lomror has taken his place. RCB is down 2 wickets.
Current Score: 82/2
Plessis who was nearing his half-century, has sadly departed! It's a downer for RCB but a much-needed wicket for Delhi!
Current Score: 82/1
Kuldeeo bowled the 10th over. Kohli has scored 35 runs in 30 balls and Plessis has scored 44 runs in 30 balls. Plessis is nearing his half century.
Current Score: 79/0
Marsh bowled the seventh over. Kohli managed to score 25 runs off 23 balls and Plessis managed to score 32 runs off 19 balls.
Current Score: 57/0
Khaleel bowled the sixth over and Plessis smashed the first six of the game on the fourth ball of the over. Plessis hit the boundary again with a four. The powerplay has now ended.
Current Score: 51/0
RCB was on a roll in the fifth over as they managed to score 13 runs off the over.
Current Score: 37/0
Axar bowled the fourth over and managed to give away only 3 runs. The fourth over has been taken over by Mukesh.
Current Score: 23/0
Ishan is bowling the third over. Kohli did smash the boundary with a four but RCB is going slow as of now and they dont have much time before the powerplay ends. They really need to buck up before the clock runs out.
Current Score: 14/0
Kohli managed to score 7 runs in the first over while Plessis is yet to open his account. It was a smooth beginning for RCB.
Current Score: 7/0 in firstnover
Virat Kohli and Plessis are the opening batsmen for Bangalore. They are already on the field and the first over is being delivered by Khalil.
DC Subs: Chetan Sakariya, Ripal Patel, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Abhishek Porel.
RCB Subs: Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suyash Prabhudessai, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Delhi Capitals: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss and decided to bat first.
Delhi will miss its star pacer Anrich Nortje in tonight's game against RCB. Nortje had to go back to South Africa due to some personal emergency. Keep watching this corner to know who will replace him.
Both DC and RCB have faced each other 29 times in IPL's history. OUt of these 20 matches, RCB has won 18 and DC has 10, while one match has had no result.